{"product_id":"9780060273248","title":"Shade's Children","description":"  In the brutal world of the future, an unspeakable fate awaits the human children of the Dormitories when they turn fourteen. It is from this Sad Birthday that Shade's Children'Ella, Drum, Gold-Eye, and Ninde'have escaped. Hunted ceaselessly by savage mutant creatures, they join forces to form a resistance movement. Cunning, clairvoyance, and sheer desperate force of will help them. But ultimately their fate rests with the charismatic Shade, who calls himself their friend . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis complex, suspenseful, thoroughly absorbing tale of the future fulfills all the promise of Sabriel, Garth Nix's debut young adult novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Sabriel:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Rich, complex, involving, hard to put down, this first novel is excellent high fantasy.' 'Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The action charges along at a gallop'a page turner for sure.' 'Starred Review\/Booklist \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e01 Blue Spruce Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarth Nix was born in 1963 and grew up in Canberra, Australia. After taking his degree in  professional writing from the University of Canberra, he slowly sank into the morass of publishing industry, steadily devolving from sales rep through publicist, until in 1991 he became a senior editor witha major multinational publisher. After a period in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia in 1993, he left publishing to work as a marketing communications consultant. In 1999, he waas lured back to the publishing world to become a part-time literary agent. He now lives in Sydney, five-minute walk from Coogee Beach, with his wife, Anna, and lots of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarth is also the author of \u003ci\u003eSabriel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShade'sChildren.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049146925296,"sku":"9780060273248","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060273248_p0.gif?v=1763619159","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060273248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}